The Underground World: A Mirror of Life Below the Surface, with Vivid Descriptions of the Hidden Works of Nature and Art, Comprising Incidents and Adventures Beyond the Light of DayAustralian Publishing Company, 1879 - 1016 halaman |
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... FALL OF ROOF . -CARRYING A DYING COMRADE TOWARD THE LIGHT OF DAY . - EIGHT HOURS OF MORTAL AGONY . " 9 - • 66 - - 66 -- . 65 V. SILVER MINES AND MINING . - - SOLOMON AND HIS SILVER SPECULATIONS . - ANTIQUITY OF SILVER . REAL ESTATE AND ...
... FALL OF ROOF . -CARRYING A DYING COMRADE TOWARD THE LIGHT OF DAY . - EIGHT HOURS OF MORTAL AGONY . " 9 - • 66 - - 66 -- . 65 V. SILVER MINES AND MINING . - - SOLOMON AND HIS SILVER SPECULATIONS . - ANTIQUITY OF SILVER . REAL ESTATE AND ...
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... FALL AND SLIDE . -IN HERCULANEUM . UNDERGROUND BENEATH THE CITY . " LOOK HERE . " HOW THE CITY WAS DISCOVERED . — THE ERUPTION OF 1872. — HORRIBLE SCENES . EXTENT OF THE DESTRUCTION . - - SUFFOCATED BY • XIII . THE CAVERNS OF NAPLES ...
... FALL AND SLIDE . -IN HERCULANEUM . UNDERGROUND BENEATH THE CITY . " LOOK HERE . " HOW THE CITY WAS DISCOVERED . — THE ERUPTION OF 1872. — HORRIBLE SCENES . EXTENT OF THE DESTRUCTION . - - SUFFOCATED BY • XIII . THE CAVERNS OF NAPLES ...
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... FALLING OF A ROOF . — THREATENING DANGERS . — ADVENTURE OF GIRAUD , THE WELL- DIGGER.CAUGHT IN A FALL OF EARTH . CORPSE . -ONE MONTH WITHOUT FOOD . MINER COVERED WITH COAL . -HIS RESCUE . AN IRISHMAN'S JOKE.- INUNDATION . - CURIOUS ...
... FALLING OF A ROOF . — THREATENING DANGERS . — ADVENTURE OF GIRAUD , THE WELL- DIGGER.CAUGHT IN A FALL OF EARTH . CORPSE . -ONE MONTH WITHOUT FOOD . MINER COVERED WITH COAL . -HIS RESCUE . AN IRISHMAN'S JOKE.- INUNDATION . - CURIOUS ...
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... fall and die . The trees of the forest spread their branches and unfold their leaves to sun and storm , but there are other branches spread below which sometimes extend more widely than those above . Through these lower limbs , hidden ...
... fall and die . The trees of the forest spread their branches and unfold their leaves to sun and storm , but there are other branches spread below which sometimes extend more widely than those above . Through these lower limbs , hidden ...
Halaman 32
... falls of rock and earth , which may cause immediate death , or enclose their victims in a living tomb . There are dangers from water , which may enter sud- denly , flood the mine , and drown all who cannot reach the opening in time to ...
... falls of rock and earth , which may cause immediate death , or enclose their victims in a living tomb . There are dangers from water , which may enter sud- denly , flood the mine , and drown all who cannot reach the opening in time to ...
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accidents Bastile beneath bottom Brazil cache caisson canal carats carried Catacombs Catacombs of Paris cave cavern cellar century coal Comstock lode coolies darkness death depth descended diamond discovered discovery earth engine entered excavations famous fifty fire five France French gallery gold Green Vaults ground guano half head Herculaneum hole Hoosac Tunnel hundred feet Indians iron islands Jean Valjean journey known Kohinoor labor LENOX light live Mammoth Cave miles millions miners mines Mont Cenis Tunnel mountain mouth Naples nearly never night obtained ordinary Paris party persons Pompeii pounds prison pump quicksilver railway reached Regent diamond River rock rope sand sewer shaft side silver sometimes soon stone story stream surface thousand dollars TILBEN timbers tion told tomb tunnel underground vaults walls wine workmen yards YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY
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Halaman 529 - Behold him waist deep in the sand. The sand reaches his breast ; he is now only a bust. He raises his arms, utters furious groans, clutches the beach with his nails, would hold by that straw, leans upon his elbows to pull himself out of this soft sheath; sobs frenziedly; the sand rises; the sand reaches his shoulders; the sand reaches his neck; the face alone is visible now. The mouth cries, the sand fills it — silence. The eyes still gaze, the sand shuts them — night.
Halaman 123 - Necos, who succeeded him upon the throne. This prince was the first to attempt the construction of the canal to the Red Sea, a work completed afterwards by Darius the Persian, the length of which is four days' journey, and the width such as to admit of two triremes being rowed along it abreast.
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